STD dating websites are on the rise

2:38 PM,
Mar. 28, 2013

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USA TODAY

Christians have ChristianMingle. Senior citizens have SeniorMatch. Now, people with sexually transmitted diseases have a growing number of specialty dating websites to choose from.

Matchmaking website H-YPE.com's tagline is "a seriously cool place to make friends with sometHing in common."

That thing is herpes, the STD that clinical psychologist Carl Hindy,in Nashua, N.H., says causes the biggest stir in dating because it's permanent. The site also includes people with HPV, the human papillomavirus. ...